Drought stricken CA trees!
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startopper
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First let me thank all of you for helping me become the climber I am today. I scoured this site for the first two years of my now five year journey. The information and the accuracy was pretty astounding, rarely was it incorrect. I haven't posted in a couple years or so. But the magnitude of what is happening has brought me once again to the 101 forum. I live in Chico, CA. My first paying job was in 2011. What a summer. Perfect. If it was the same as it was then I would not be writing this. After moving here in 1986, after the challenger explosion, we moved into a house with the most amazing tree. A Cedrus Deodara planted by John Bidwell. I climbed the hell out of that tree. I was seven. I'm thirty six now, sitting on East Ave in the same town, but it's NOT the same town. Here comes the scary part: All of the trees are in serious jeopardy of dying! Lets start with the valley oaks. Take a ride up to Cohasset, as I did last week. You will see that 70-780 percent of these small valley's are either dead or dying. Period. When I was 7, there was snow up there until late spring. They live on a lava cap. They have shallow root systems that depend on rain. It doesn't rain here anymore. I will try to get some pictures out here soon, and further the conversation. Be safe, and remember that trees are people too.
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ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Could be many reasons your trees are dying drought combined with gasses created by magma. Is this active or dead volcano? Region death is not the scary part the scary part is ash gone pretty much, oaks here hypoxolyn canker,and oak wilt , oak borers. It to me seems the whole nation is experiencing higher mortality of woody plants. Leaking fukishima reactors, bp oil dumped into sea. I'm not a doom and gloom nut but I see the changes since 1969 to now. I have always said man is his own worst enemy, as we have a brain that says we can handle things like nuclear power but the truth is otherwise imo. Cesium 37 has a shelf life of 1000 years, so all that radiation that leaked into the ocean will be there for at least 1000 years. I can't help feeling that trees and nature are being adversely effected by mankinds toxic slew! If your ever at bikini Island don't eat anything or drink the water
Just gonna throw this out there,,,
the drought is probably the culprit, this is happening to us down here too.
I think if you took a soil test you would find very high alkaline levels,
as the moisture decreases, the alkaline increase's
cedars, pittosporum, alder's, and several more species are the main target of the drought.
Jeff,,
the drought is probably the culprit, this is happening to us down here too.
I think if you took a soil test you would find very high alkaline levels,
as the moisture decreases, the alkaline increase's
cedars, pittosporum, alder's, and several more species are the main target of the drought.
Jeff,,
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Yes but is it me or are ten year droughts occurring every other year lately ?
We have been in a drought a long time and it will be years before or if we can get back.
Jeff
The way y'all are sinking out there has got me looking at buying some of that oceanfront property in Arizona.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
JRoland
ArboristSite Operative
I lived in Chico 94-95 (went to Butte College). Some pretty nice trees are there. But I'm thinking that it's a drought issue, trees are dying everywhere in CA. Probably as you continue up the Skyway, patches of dead pines are there as you head towards Paradise/Magalia? Drought, coupled with bark beetles are wiping out pine trees here (3.5 hours south).
